That's what I was looking for - thanks Paul. "Paul Ramsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Right, you will have to convert your DDMM.MM numbers into DD.DDD numbers. > > If the coordinates are West or South, they need to be multiplied by -1. > > So, the formula is (W?S? then -1) * (DD + (MM.MMM / 60)) = DD.DDD > > P > > > Quoting Andy Czerwonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Thanks. That perfect. The only thing now is to deal with the coordinate >> system I think. GPS comes in in Lat/Long, but I see there a negative >> number >> for the coordinate. I have to get: >> >> >> 4916.46,N Latitude 49 deg. 16.45 min. North >> >> 12311.12,W Longitude 123 deg. 11.12 min. West >> >> into a proper coordinate number. For example, uDig shows diffent numbers >> (negative numbers) and GPS coordinate need to be transformed first. I >> know - stup question - but for a geospatial newbie, relevent. Apologies >> in >> advance. >> >> "Jesse Eichar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in >> message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Hi, >> > >> > So what exactly are you trying to do here? Just transform from a >> > point >> > in world space to a coordinate on the screen? If that is the case >> > then >> > you can use one of the context's worldToPoint() methods to make the >> > transformation. Look at the AbstractContext interface for the code if >> > you don't want to use the context methods directly (you can create a >> > ToolContext with the method: ApplicationGIS.createContext(map). Also >> > all MapGraphics have access to a MapGraphics context. A final place >> > to >> > look is the layer's layerToMapTransform(). >> > >> > >> > Jesse >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) >> http://udig.refractions.net >> http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel >> > > > >
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